is it animal cruelty? Options

[CrimsonArchangel]

No, this is not about fur, or wool or anything like that.

Its about science. Many of you have had to dissect several creatures for bio class, most likely. Today I had to do the frog ringer lab, where a frog has its brain removed (is it really dead?) and then we have to dissect it and add chemicals to its heart to see what happens, then add a third one that will kill it.

Now I ask. Despite the fact that many of those animals are bred for that purpose, "to further science", should we use animals as dissection subjects? Or should we just make plastic models and the such?

Is it animal cruelty to breed animals for the purpose of being cut up by students just to learn?

[sadolakced acid]

pyrithione zinc is the active ingredent in Garnier Fructis.

here is the paper on Pyrithione Zinc, and if it is safe to use in cosmetics.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/health/ph_risk/c...s/out225_en.pdf

you will see that they say they try to use alternates to animal testing. keep reading.

go to the toxicology report

it reads:

TOXICOLOGICAL CHARACTERISATION
2.3. Toxicity
2.3.1. Acute oral toxicity
Ingredient based data
LD50 values for zinc pyrithione have been determined in various species after oral administration.
The values in the rat ranged from 92 to 266 mg/kg and in the mouse from 160 to 1000 mg/kg.
Six hundred mg/kg was found to be the LD50 when administered orally to dogs.
Ref. : 6, 10, 33, 57, 71, 73

This is on page 5 of the PDF.

as you can see, Pyrithione Zinc has been tested on rats and dogs. The Pyrithione Zinc was administerd to the orally.


additionally:

For the cream shampoo form in pigeons, the ED100 was 0.1 g/kg, the ED0 was 0.02 g/kg, and the
ED50 was approximately 0.05 g/kg.

page 6

In the emetic studies with dogs, the emesis typically occurred within 60 minutes of dosing, the
average being 30 minutes, and involved two to four episodes. Occasional bloody vomitus was
seen, indicating gastric irritation.

as you can see, the dogs were force fed, and some vomited blood. emesis means vomiting.

Dermal LD50 values for albino rabbits that range from < 2,000 mg/kg to 10,000 mg/kg.

A shampoo containing 2% ZPT at levels of 2.5, 5.0, 10.0, and 20.0 g/kg was tested on rabbits.

Pyrithione Zinc has been tested on rabbits (applied to their skin)

Generally, 25 mg/kg of ZPT was fatal to both dogs and monkeys within 24 hours and produced
cholinergic-like effects prior to death. Doses of 15 and 20 mg/kg produced slight cholinergic
stimulation in dogs but death did not result. One of two Yorkshire pigs died when injected intravenously
with 20mg/kg and 10 mg/kg was a lethal dose for rabbits. Intravenous doses of 5 mg/kg
or less produced only transient effects.

monkeys, rabbits, pigs, and dogs were injected with Pyrithione Zinc untill they died.

Reno and Banas (1975) also studied the effects of ZPT incorporated into the diet of rhesus
monkeys at higher levels. In this study the animals were fed diet containing 500 and 5000 ppm
of ZPT (12 and 30 mg/kg/day) for 28 days. There were three animals in each test group and two
animals in the control group. No adverse effects were observed in the monkeys fed ZPT at the
lower dose level. The animals receiving the higher dose level, however, exhibited
lethargy, anorexia, weight loss, soft faeces, or diarrhoea, and one of them died on Day 23 of the
study. The two remaining animals experienced a 25-30% weight loss over the study, and signs of
neurological deficit were noted. The only compound-related histopathology was limited to
atrophy of the musculature of monkeys in the high-dose group. There were no unusual
findings associated with the peripheral or central nervous system..

more testing on monkeys.

note that the monkeys experience fatiuge, diarrheoa, and death. Also, Brain damage.

Larson (1957) conducted a 90-day percutaneous toxicity study with ZPT (2 ml of water per gram
of 50% wettable ZPT powder) using albino rabbits. Doses of 125, 250, 500, 1000 and 2000 mg/kg
were applied daily (5 days per week) to groups of three or four animals for 13 weeks. The
animals were harnessed during application and remained so until the material dried, at which
time the animals were washed. None of the rabbits receiving 1000 or 2000 mg/kg survived the
90-day test period, the longest survival being 21 days. Four of twelve animals dosed at the lower
levels survived, and those were necropsied at that time. Focal necrosis of either the brain or
spinal cord in three of the four surviving animals. There were no histological changes in other
organs.

Read that carefully. Rabbits were locked up so they couldn't move, and Pyrithione Zinc was dumped on them. they all died. after substantial brain damage.




These are various mentions of animal testing i caught when skimming the first 10 pages.

there are 36 pages.

if your bottle of Garnier Fructis says that it was never tested on animals, this is becuase the completed product was never tested on animals.


Now i realize that your Garnier Fructis may be a different type, with a different active ingredient.

please read your bottle and post the complete name of your shampoo and the active ingredient, if you wish.

the point of this is, everything is tested on animals.

who else wants to try thier shampoo?